GAME NIGHT STORY LINES • Baylor looks to snap its two-game losing streak when the Bears face the Missouri Tigers Saturday at the Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Mo., on the Big 12 Network. Tip-off is set for 5 p.m.• Saturday marks the 20th meeting in the series (Missouri leads 10-9).• Baylor is 5-8 vs. Missouri in the Big 12 era and 3-4 under Scott Drew.• Baylor is averaging 95.7 points in its last three wins vs. Missouri — all three by margins of 10 or more points.• Over the last nine seasons, Baylor has had much more success vs. Big 12 North schools than those in the South. Baylor is 25-31 (.446) vs. Northern schools and just 17-60 (.221) vs. Southern schools.• Baylor currently ranks 7th in the nation in scoring at 82.2 points per game and 3rd overall in the Big 12.• Six Bears are averaging more than 24.0 minutes through six Big 12 games, accounting for 93 percent of Baylor’s minutes in conference play.• Baylor is 7-1 when five or more players score in double figures this season and 14-4 when four or more reach double digits.• Baylor is 12-1 this season when holding a lead of 10 or more points (3-0 away from home).• LaceDarius Dunn currently owns a streak of 25 consecutive games with at least one 3-pointer made — the third-longest streak in Baylor history. He is five games shy of tying Tevis Stukes’ mark of 29 straight games set during the 1999-2000 season. He has made at least one 3-point field goal in 49 of his 51 career games.• Kevin Rogers notched his 23rd career double-double — and his 16th in Big 12 play — Tuesday vs. Texas (13 pts, 12 reb).• Kevin Rogers needs 68 rebounds to become just the 5th player in school history with 800 career rebounds.• Curtis Jerrells has started all 100 games of his collegiate career, becoming only the fourth player in school history to start 100 or more career games.• Curtis Jerrells, Henry Dugat and Kevin Rogers have combined to score 49.2 percent of Baylor’s offense in 100 career games since arriving in 2005-06.

SERIES HISTORY• Missouri leads the all-time series 10-9• The Bears have won the last two series meetings — one on a neutral floor and one at home — but have not won in Columbia since 1948.• Baylor is 5-8 vs. Missouri in the Big 12 era and 3-4 under Scott Drew.• Baylor is averaging 95.7 points in its last three wins vs. Missouri — all three by margins of 10 or more points.

MISSOURI SCOUTING REPORT• Missouri (17-4, 4-2) snapped its four-game winning streak following an 88-72 loss at Kansas State Wednesday night. Mizzou had scored 97 points in its previous victories before being held to 72 points — it’s lowest offensive output since Jan. 10 at Nebraska (a 56-51 loss).• 13 of Missouri’s 17 wins have come at Mizzou Arena — the Tigers are perfect 13-0 at home.• Dating back to last season, Mizzou has won 14 consecutive home games and 15 of its last 16.• With 17 wins, Missouri has already surpassed last season’s win total (MU finished 16-16). Since finishing 22-11 in 2002-03, Missouri hasn’t won more than 18 games in a season (MU finished 18-12 in 2005-06)• Mizzou, currently ranked 2nd overall in the Big 12 with 84.8 points, has just two players averaging double figures — DeMarre Carroll (16.4) and Leo Lyons (14.0). Carroll is the Tigers’ leading rebounder at 7.0 boards through 21 games.• No Tiger is averaging more than 26.0 minutes; Carroll is logging the most minutes of any Mizzou player with 25.9 minutes. Zaire Taylor (24.4), J.T Tiller (22.5) and Lyons (21.5) are the only other Tigers seeing more than 20.0 minutes of play.

LAST TIME VS. MISSOURI - MARCH 1, 2008• Baylor overcame a 13-point second-half deficit and had seven players in double figures in a 100-89 win over Missouri.• Henry Dugat scored 18 and Tweety Carter had 17 for Baylor. Kevin Rogers recorded a double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds. LaceDarius Dunn scored 16, while Curtis Jerrells had 14 and Mamadou Diene scored 10. With the victory, Baylor achieved just its fourth 20-win season in the program's 102-year history.• Leo Lyons had 22 points and 15 rebounds for Missouri. Keon Lawrence scored 19 and Demarre Caroll scored 17.• Baylor trailed 69-56 with 14:16 left in the second half before a 14-0 run-- including back-to-back 3-pointers by Dunn--put the Bears up 70-69 with 9:13 remaining.• With the game tied at 77 with 6:34 left, Diene and Rogers scored consecutive baskets off offensive rebounds to put Baylor ahead for good.

LAST TIME OUT - (11) TEXAS 78, BAYLOR 72• Baylor was unable to snap its losing streak to No. 11 Texas as the Longhorns defeated the Bears, 78-72, Tuesday in front of 9,000-plus fans at the Ferrell Center.• After LaceDarius Dunn hit two free throws to get Baylor within a basket, Abrams dribbled inside the 3-pointer line with just under a minute to play and hit a jumper.• The game was tied 13 times, but the 13th and final lead change came when Gary Johnson was credited with a basket when Kevin Rogers was called for goaltending with 4:20 left to make it 64-62. Dogus Balbay had a breakaway layup on the next possession after a Baylor miss.• Following his last basket, Abrams fouled Tweety Carter on a 3-pointer shot. But Carter missed all three free throws.• Curtis Jerrells led Baylor with 14 points in his 100th career start. He is only the fourth 100-game starter in Bears history, starting every game.• Rogers added 13 points and 12 rebounds. Dunn had 12 points, while Quincy Acy added 11.• Damion James had 14 points despite shooting 6-for-20. James missed his first seven shots, but had 12 rebounds.

UP NEXT - KANSAS (FEB. 2)• For only the second time in school history, the Ferrell Center will be the site of a Big 12 clash on ESPN’s Big Monday when the Baylor Bears host the defending national champion Kansas Jayhawks on Feb. 2. Tip-off is set for 8 p.m. on ESPN.• Ron Franklin (pxp) and Fran Fraschilla (color) will serve as the talent for the ESPN telecast with Holly Rowe as the sideline reporter.• Baylor is 1-13 all-time vs. Kansas — the lone win coming at home on Big Monday (Feb. 12, 2001) in the form of a 85-77 triumph against the then-No. 6 Jayhawks.• Baylor is 3-1 all-time on ESPN at home (1-0 this season) and 6-4 at home on the ESPN family of networks.• Baylor is 5-3 on national television this season (ESPN, FSN).

THE 2008-09 BIG 12 NETWORK TELEVISION PACKAGE• The games, previously branded as ESPN Plus, are broadcast throughout the conference’s geographic footprint. Many of the Big 12 Network games will also be available as part of ESPN Full Court, the pay subscription college basketball outer-market service. In addition, numerous games will be available 72 hours after completion via the newly-designed Big 12 web site at Big12Sports.com. Below is a listing of affiliates carrying Saturday’s game:

BEARS MORE SUCCESSFUL VS. BIG 12 NORTH • Following Tuesday’s clash with I-35 rival Texas, Baylor will head north to face Missouri Saturday in Columbia. Mizzou will be Baylor’s second Big 12 North school it has faced on the road this season. • Over the last nine seasons, Baylor has had much more success against Big 12 North schools than those in the South. Baylor is 25-31 (.446) the last nine seasons vs. Northern schools and just 17-60 (.221) vs. teams in the South.

DREW CLOSING IN ON 100 CAREER VICTORIES AT BAYLOR • Entering Tuesday’s contest vs. Texas, head coach Scott Drew is 72-84 in five-plus seasons at Baylor. Drew currently ranks 6th all-time at BU in victories and trails Gene Iba by 16 wins for 5th place.

BAYLOR’S OFFENSE PICKING UP WHERE RECORD-SETTING PACE ENDED LAST SEASON• Baylor currently ranks 7th in the nation in scoring at 82.2 points (as of Jan. 25) and 3rd overall in the Big 12 (as of Jan. 29).• Last season, Baylor led the Big 12 in overall scoring offense (81.3) and Big 12-only scoring offense (81.8). Baylor’s 81.3 scoring average was the highest average since 1993-94; the Bears finished 11th nationally in scoring offense.

TOUGH STRETCH AHEAD FOR THE BEARS • Baylor is the middle of a crucial four-game swing in Big 12 play as the Bears face Oklahoma (L, 76-95 on Jan. 24), Texas (L, 72-78 on Jan. 27), Missouri (Jan. 31) and Kansas (Feb. 2) in a 10-day span.• Baylor is a combined 9-68 in the Big 12 era vs. its next four opponents. BU has never defeated Oklahoma (0-25) in the Big 12 era.• Baylor is 3-24 vs. Texas in the Big 12 era (3-1 before Rick Barnes’ arrival in 1998-99).• In fact, Baylor has now lost 29 straight to OU and 23 straight to Texas.

CONSECUTIVE GAMES WITH A 3-POINTER STREAK• Baylor has made at least one 3-point field goal in 532 straight games — the 2nd longest active streak in the Big 12. Baylor has connected from 3-point range at least once in every game since going 0-for-8 in a home win vs. Texas Tech on Feb. 21, 1990. • LaceDarius Dunn currently owns a streak of 25 consecutive games with at least one 3-pointer made. • Dunn has made a 3-pointer in 49 of his 51 career games. He did not make a triple vs. Iowa State (1/12/08) and at Colorado (2/27/08).

BEARS BASKETBALL ON THE AIR• Bear basketball is aired live via the Baylor-ISP SportsNetwork on flagship station 1660AM ESPN Radio (KRZI) in Waco and worldwide on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 161. All games are broadcast by the "Voice of the Bears" John Morris, a veteran broadcaster in his 14th season, and former BU basketball standout Pat Nunley, in his 27th season as analyst.

INSIDE BAYLOR SPORTS TV SHOW• Inside Baylor Sports, the award winning weekly TV show that covers all aspects of Baylor athletics, returns for its 10th season in 2008-09.• Senior Producer Robert Shiekh and Producer Lawrence Gilligan provide viewers an inside look at Baylor athletics with thorough highlights, in-depth interviews and imaginative features on all 18 sports presented in a fast-paced, entertaining style. Co-hosts John Morris and Lori Fogleman guide viewers through the best coverage of Baylor athletics on television.• Inside Baylor Sports airs Sundays, Aug. 24, 2008 through June 7, 2009, at 10:30 p.m. CT on KCEN-TV in Central Texas. The program also airs weekly throughout the region on FS Southwest at 1 p.m. each Wednesday and is archived on the web at BaylorTV.com. Inside Baylor Sports also may been seen nationally on CBS College Sports Television.